Show V T t rt 1 EXPLOSION AT I MEANS MEAN'S CAMP tAMP t Principal Damage Was Vas to Ed McGuires McGuire's McGuires McGuire's Mc- Mc Guires Guire's Moustache loe be Means s 's lJ haul had CO GO Ihs Ibs o of giant powder at the thc ditch caH camp p which v I had crystallized and aud there thereby h I hangs a tale talc I R. R M. M I na dynamite a ex expert ert was ordered to to take the I pernicious cus stuff out on the thc flat I and touch it off of He File did and I ton shook with chills and fever fc until the cause of the tl e dis dis- disturbance is was wn ascertained d Many thought t the he explosion ion mu tha t been acC accidental and amI anda amIa a crowd soon started for lor the ditch camp expecting It Nto to pick pickup pickup up arms at put and legs le s on an the thc way rya when a messenger ler returned from froth camp and reported every cry everyone one safe Several amusing incidents incidents' took place on the streets while I he fhe people were re discussing the probable cause caus of the explosion I One homesteader allowed it its was vas a volcanic ol anic shock and offer offer- offered I ed l his ranch for sale as he lie said lie he thought ht it ft time to get out Mrs McGuire came out and rep reported re re- p ported t that a a picture of Ed taken tak- tak in en n on their l' l wedding Wc hug day lay had heen oen en broken l by the concussion whereupon the crowd flocked to tb the thc restaurant t t tp see Sons Some wag wag- was s was was' waso o overheard rh lr to remark remark remark re re- mark Why H ju just t the Lache tacHe blown off an and Ed looks b better without a moustache i tiny anyway va 11 way One ne ohl old lady feared that all her hei- eg eggs s would be he broken but I some expert assured sure as-sure her that I the jar would make ma-c the hens lay better Anyway it sure ure did hake Myton lyton a and ii 11 d 1 nothings nothing's S 'S Olle bu but t the powder r. r o |